Basket-making-machine attachment.



No; 894,597. PATENTED JULY 28, 1908. s. L. GASBLLA.

- BASKET MAKING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

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- S. L. G ASELLA.

BASKET MAKING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

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INVENTOR v 46/ ENE) PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

s. L. GASBLLA. BASKET MAKING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

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SECONDO L. OASELLA, or SAN FRANCISCQCALIFORNIA, AssrcNoR, BY manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

TOW. F.--BA,RNES COMMERCIAL 00., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A

BASKET-MAKINQMACHINE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patent ed July as, 1908.

.A pp'lication filed Jui1e16, 1906. Serial No. 322,044.

To all wh0m it may concern: j

Belt known that I, SEQONDO L. OASELLA, citizen of Umted States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Basket-Making-Machine Attachments, of whichthe following is a specifi cation.

My invention relates to an apparatus which is designed. for the manufacture of baskets such as are formed by crossing thin veneers transversely, bending them to form the sides, and completingv the basket by means of a binding strip around the top edges.

My present invention relates to means for feedlng' the veneers to the former by which the veneers are bent andthe basket assembled; and subsequently removing the completed baskets from the former, and delivermg them from the machine.

It consists in a combinationlof mechanism actuated in unison with the basket forming mechanism and in details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- I r Figurel is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the feed and discharge mechanism. Fig. 3 is a view taken from the opposite side to Fig. 2shoWing-particularly the feed mechanism. 4.is a transverse section showing valve and lever.

I have only shown so much of the basket assembling device as is 'necessary to illustrate the attachments which are used therewith, and in which A is a former over which the veneers are bent by the vertical reciprocation of a rectangular frame B which is located above the formerand has such shape that when the veneers have been properly placed upon the part A, the depression of the part B will fold the veneers over the part A,

and thus complete the outline of the basket.

The veneers are supplied to the former as follows: 2 and 3 are containers within which.

the thin veneers areplaced, veneers being represented at 4., ,In order-{to deliver lower surface of the veneers these veneers being normally held in position by a hght any event to connect the oscillating suction frictional or other support'5 sufiicient to normally maintain them in place, but which may be overcome by a vacuum produced within the pipe 5 when the opening 6 is brought into contactwith'the veneer so that by oscillating the pipe when the opening is I broughtinto contact with the bottom of one of the veneers, an adhesion will be produced by opening a suction valve at the proper instant, and by then drawing the oscillating p1 e inthe other direction, the single veneer ad ering to the pi e opening will be removed from the remaindbr, and brought into line withthe surface of the former. A reciprocatingmechanism acting in unison with this a paratus then forces the veneer forward and pacesit upon the former. There are two of thesedevices standing at right. angles with each other, and by their operation the veneers are placed transversely upon the former, and the remainder of the operation completed by the folding mechanism.

The pipe 5 has a joint as shown at 7 which connects it with a pipe 8, and this is here shown as connected by a pipe 9 with a vacuum tank or apparatus as at 10. It will be understoodthat any arran ement of these pipes may be made which suit the con' struction of the machine, the object being in pipe 5 with a means for producing a vacuum therein. y This vacuum is controlled by means of valves located at 11 and havin a crank or equivalent connection 12' b which the valves are alternately opened w on the veneer,1and close to cut ofl the vacuum or .suction when the part has been depressed and in readiness to deliver the veneer to the former.

.I have here shown an actuating mechanism constructed asv follows: 13' is a lever fulcrumed as at 14 Upon this leveris carried an anti-friction roller or spur 15 ,which engages with the channel of a cam 17 which ismounte 100 .ed u on a driving shaft 18, by the revolution of W 'ch the cam is turned and the lever 13 is A oscillated. -The movements of thls feeding and also the discharge device, tobe hereafter described, are so timed as to operate in 9 ropenunison with the forming mechanism. iihe/upperend of the arm 13 is connected witha guided slide 14 having upwardly. projecting sides or flanges with inclined edges or flanges as at 15.

"mouth 6 is brou ht into contact with'the his slide is reciprocated veneers for the next basket.

beneath the pi e 5, and the upturned flanges upon guide plate 20, and as the slide 14 is moved inwardly, and the front edges of the upturned portions -engage the veneer, the latter will be pushed forward to its place on the former. It will be understood that this description of one of the devices applies to two which are placed at right angles with each other, as previously described On the return movement of the slide 14, the inclined edges 15 engage with the downwardly proj ecting arms or earns 16, and as the backward movement of these arms is limited by stops 16, it will be seen that the arms will rideup on the inclines 15, thus raising the pipe 5 until the open mouth 6 is placed against the lowermost of the veneers 4, and on! the upward movement, the valve 11 is opened through the action of the crank 12, the connecting rod 12 and the oscillatin arm 21 with which it is connected, and which is operated by a spur 22 projecting so as to be engaged by a part 23 of the cam 17, which is so timed that the valve will be opened at the instant when the open suction mouth 6 is in contact with the veneers, and will be closed and the suction released, when the part has been depressed so as to place the veneer in position to be advanced to the former.

The forming of the basket is effected by the de ression of the hollow rectangular frame E over the former A this being effected by the action of a guided reciprocating arm 24 actuated by an oscillating lever 25, connecting rod 26 and cams or eccentrics upon the main shaft which are actuatedin unison with the feed and discharge mechanisms, i and at proper intervals in relation thereto. After the basket has been roperly formed, it is necessaryv to remove it om the former for the purpose of makin room for the T is removal is effected as follows: 13 a is a lever fulcrumed at the opposite side ofthe machine from the lever 13, and pivoted at 14*, and reciprocated in a manner similar to the lever 13 by the action of a cam 17 a mounted upon the shaft 18 The up er'end of the lever 13 is connected by a hn 25 with a bar or shaft 26 which is uided and slidablein boxes as at 27. This bar carries an arm or plate 28 which may be hinged to the revoluble sleeve 29 mounted upon the shaft 26, and turnable with the shaft as will be hereafter described, This arm 28 is normally held up by a spring 30', one end of which is connected with the part 28, and the other with a standard or support 31 which is carried upon the sleeve 29. The inner end of the arm or plate 28 has fixed to it an elastic plate 32 which has the upper l'lal portion of a width ap roximately equal to the bottom of the olded veneers. The edges of this plate are turned downwardly, as shown, diverging so that when the late is depressed as hereinafter described th1s part 32 will grasp the sides of the completed basket with suflicient frictional contact so that when again lifted it will lift the basket clear of the former, and as the rectangular part B has bythis time been lifted clear out of the former, there will be suflicient space for the withdrawal of the completed basket which is held by the friction of the elastic gripper 32. The withdrawal is effected by the-oscillation of the lever 13 and the sliding of the shaft 26 in its bearings.

In order to deliver the baskets and pack them at the same time, guide rod 33 extends through slides 34 upon the revoluble sleeve 29. This guide rod is bent so'that on the return movement of the lever 13, the part 29, the plate 28 and the gripper 32 are drawn back together, and by the curvature of the 1 guide rod 33 these parts are turned so that at the instant of the completion of the rear-' ward movement of the parts, the gripper and the basket carried thereby will have been turned to stand in position at approximately right angles with the position occupied when the basket was removed from the former. The continuation of the movement then brings an arm 35,- which projects from the side 29, into contact with a fixed stop 36 and this acts to swing the late 28, the gripper 32 and the basket OBJIlQC thereby, so as to place the open mouth of the basket over the convergent bottom. of the next preceding basket which has been placed in a convenient chute or receiver 37. Thus the baskets are constantly delivered into this chute, and pressed one over another, being thus made into nests of any desired number, and ready for packmg.

The gripper 32 is depressed after having been advanced to ,a position above the former, by the contact of the downwardly projecting arm 35, with, a fixed stop 35 which thus acts to tilt the plate 28 and the gripper so as to force the latter down upon the asket with sufficient frictional force to hold the basket so that the spring 30 will lif t the gripper and basket when the parts commence to retract. It will be seen that the inclination of the formers sides and the interior of the basket .is sufficient to allow the simultaneous retraction and lifting of the basket during the above described movements.

ing vacuum tube having a suction opening in its movable part, and means to alternatelyplace said opening in contact with a blank,

. and to withdraw the tube and blank, said ing in contact with a blank and to with raw I means including a horizontally movable plate having side flanges with inclined edges, and pivoted members on the tube disposed in the range of action of the plate and adapted to ride upon the inclined edgesof said plate as the plate is withdrawn to thereby raise the tube with its mouth in contact with-a blank.

2. A device for transferring veneers and blanks, said device including a pivoted oscillating vacuum tube, having a suction mouth or opening at its movable end, a holder for blan s located in the line of movement of the suction-mouth and means to place the 0 enthe tube and blank, said means including a horizontal slide having side flanges with inclined edges, and members pivotally mounted on the tube and having their free ends arranged in the path of movement of the slide, said members adapted, when the slide is withdrawn, to ride in contact with the inclined edges of the slide, whereby the tube is raised with its mouth in contact with a blank.

3. In a device for transferring veneers and blanks, a vacuum tube having a pivoted os-l cillating mei ber with a suction mouth or opening, a b ank-holder located in line of movement of the mouth, avalve, means by which it is opened to apply the vacuum when the mouth is in contact with a blank, and to release the vacuum after the blank has been withdrawn, and a slide movable in line with the released blank whereby the latter is removed from the transfer tube, said slide having raised sides with inclined top edges, and said tube having pivoted arms engaged by the slide andadapted to ride in contact with the inclined edges thereof.

4. In a device for transferring veneers and blanks, a tube connecting with a vacuum producing apparatus, a member pivoted to' said tube having an opening or mouth in its movable part, a blank-holding device located in line of movement of said mouth, means for oscillating said movable member, said means including a horizontally movable plate having upturned and inclined edges, arms pivoted upon the side of the oscillating tube, stops or shoulders upon the tube against which the arms contact when the slidable plate is with drawn, said arms riding upon the inclines of the plate and acting to raise the oscillating tube with its mouth in contactwitha blank.

5. In a device of the character described, a blank-holder, a vacuum tube having a jointed oscillating portion with a mouth at its movable end, means by which said tube is raised to bring the mouth'into contact with a veneer, said means including a horizontal slide having raised sides with inclined top edges, and arms pivotally mounted on the tube and extending into the range of action of the slide, and having their lower ends to ride over the inclined edges of the sides of the slide,

.a valve located between the suction mouth and the vacuum producing apparatus to normally cut off connection with the mouth, a lever and mechanism whereby the valve is opened 'to allow the vacuum to act at the 1nstant of contact with the blank, said valve being closed to cut ofl the vacuum after the blank has been withdrawn.

6. In a device for transferring veneers and blanks, a holder in which the blanks are retained by frictional contact, an oscillating arm, means by which it is alternately moved into contact with and away from the blanks,

said means including a horizontal slide having raised sides withinclined top edges, and arms pivotally mounted on the tube and eX- tending into the range of action of the slide,

and having their lower ends to ride over the inclined edges of the sides of the slide, means by which said blanks are caused to successively adhere to the. arm, actuating mechanism for the slide whereby said slide removes the blank after withdrawal from the holder, and means for-breaking the adhesion of the blank to the arm before the. movement of the slide.

bring the mouth into contact with the blanks,

said mechanism including a horizontalslide with side flanges having inclined top edges, pivoted arms on the tube having free ends to ride in contact with said inclined edges,and means for limiting the pivoting movement of the arms in one direction, and to simultaneously open the valve to cause an adhesion of the blank to the -mouth to withdraw the blank upon the return movement of the tube, to close the valve and cut off the vacuum, the flanges of said horizontal slide adapted to engage the rear edge of the blank after it has been released and to remove it from the suction tube.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses:

SECONDO L. CASELLA. Witnesses:

S. H. NoUnsE, O. H. HARVEY; 

